No counter-revolution is complete without a call for the return of the monarchy: Asked what he thought would be the solution to Egypt’s malaise, Prince Osman cited the example of Spain, which successfully reinstated its monarchy following a devastating civil war and an era of fascist dictatorial rule. It now enjoys a viable democratic system. “The […]
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A reader sends along an alternative analysis of the gravesites at Towton: Allow me to caution you to be a bit wary of the conclusions from this particular paper. Whereas the team of pathologists was t
I can appreciate why such restrictions were put in place, but I think it’s fair to say that they’ve outlived their utility: A descendant of the Habsburgs is taking Austria to the European
I receive more than a few e-mails that run roughly as follows: Sundays are a little less special without your Sunday focused posts, but the twins (and time spent on paid gigs) are more deserving of your attention, and your priorities are well in order. Sunday Battleship Blogging and Sunday Deposed Monarch Blogging ended because […]
Hey; anyone who finds a principality that will elect me Prince wins a free LGM t-shirt.
Ertugrul Osman, heir to the Ottoman Empire, died yesterday in Istanbul. I profiled his dynasty here. The head of House Osman is now Bayezid III, who was born in Paris, lived in New York, and once serv
The Romanovs were victims of political repression: Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled that the last Tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were victims of political repression and should be rehabilitated. The rehabilitation has long been demanded by the tsar’s descendants. Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, their five children, doctor and three servants were shot dead by […]
Swaziland: A great event was soon forthcoming — on Saturday, in fact. To prepare for the day — the 40-40 Celebration, so-named to honor the king’s 40th birthday and the nation’s 40th year of i
Nepal began to take shape in the second half of the 18th century, as Prithvi Narayan Shah, ninth of the Kings of Gorkha, conquered about a third of the various small kingdoms and principalities that o
In 1861, HMS Warrior set the state of the art in Line of Battle Ship, combining steam engines, advanced guns, and an iron hull, she was substantially superior to her ironclad counterparts in France and the United States. The Royal Navy developed on the ironclad type for the next twenty years, with the Colossus class […]
The earliest known ancestor of House Habsburg is a figure known as Guntram the Rich, who lived in 10th century Germany. Guntram’s grandson, Radbot, built Habsburg Castle in what is now the Swiss
Circa 1377, the twenty year old man who would become King John I of Portugal begat a son with a woman who was either the daughter of a Jewish cobbler or a descendant of Charlemagne (who knows; perhaps